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Book Review: The Crossing Over
Tonmoy Iftekhar The Crossing Over by Jen Karetnick, Split Rock Review, 2019, $10 paperback Reviewed by Sury Ghosh Jha Jen Karetnick, in her chapbook of poems The Crossing Over , writes about what is arguably one of the most heart-wrenching events of present times, the migrant exodus across the Mediterranean Sea. Karetnick gives a boat a voice, and all of the poems are written as an experience that the boat has or has not. The poems draw a sequence that starts with the birth
May 31, 20192 min read
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